A) Why did Southern states use poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses as Reconstruction came to an end? (1 point)

Question

to maintain Republican control of state governments

to keep poor white Southerners from voting

to keep African Americans from voting

to ensure voters would remain loyal to the Union

Answer 1

Southern states used poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses primarily to keep African Americans from voting. These measures were implemented as a means to circumvent the legal protections granted to African Americans after the Civil War and through the Reconstruction amendments, effectively disenfranchising them and maintaining white supremacy in the political system.